Game-carrier



(No Model.

M00. H. PARKER. GAME GARRIER.

No. 597,016.. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,016, dated January 11, 1898. Application filed. March 7, 1896. Serial No. 582,198. (No model.)

To aZZ 24/720111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOOLUER I-I. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris, and in the State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Instrument and Device for Holding, Stringing, and Carrying Fish and Game, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for holding, stringing, and carrying fish and. game by a metal wire varying in size to suit the taste and necessities of the party using same, the usual size of the device being about eight (8) inches long and made of No. 10 steel wire, the size of the wire varying with the size of the instrument.

The object of my invention is to provide hunters and fishermen with a light, cheap, clean, convenient, and secure means of carrying their game and fish. By means of this device fish of various sizes, as also quadrupeds and from the largest to the least of fowls, may be carried with perfect ease and security. Game being suspended by the limbs is properly bled and rendered more wholesome and is at the same time exposed to open air and thereby preserved longer.

This invention consists in making and arranging an implement or device of spring wire or metal, substantially as set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates the construction and use of the device. Fi g. 2 illustrates the construction in position for use. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the same seen at a different angle with the point E closed and open.

As illustrated, the device is formed of a spring-wire holder having a peculiar loop-like hook A B, bent for insertion over a belt for carrying as well as holding in the hand or otherwise hanging up. The drawings illustrate the loop of this hook as bent back and welded or otherwise solidly connected; but instead any other suitable arrangement could be made when for economy or otherwise it is preferred. From the loop or hook A B a stem O is made of a length to suit the desire or. as illustrated. From the stem C the device, formed of spring-wire, bends off, reaching nearly a right angle, and then bends in a curve to form a circular loop D, ending in a cuttingpoint E,needle-.like and sharp, for puncturing and inserting into the bodies of game, as shown. This point is bent with a long spiral part so as to fit about and hold onto a counterbend which is made at the junction of the stem O and loopD and adapted to be sprung into engagement and sprung apart for carrying and for insertion as a hook in use; but the bend is carefully arranged so as not to interfere with the use of the puncturing-point in use.

I claim 1. A metallic device having a hook-like handle A, B, a stem 0, a hook D, and a sharp puncturing-point to the hook D, formed with a long spiral clasp E, and adapted for use substantially as set forth.

2. A metallic device formed of spring-wire and having a broad loop A, B, bent back and welded or solidly connected, and bent into a hook for use in carrying, and having a hookloop on its other end, with a sharp puncturing-point, bent with a long spiral curve to hold on the stem when sprung onto it, and adapted to be sprung oft, and used as apunccuring-point.

MCCLUER H. PARKER. lVitn esses J. M. COLEMAN, Mrs. D. PARKER. 

